Disney returns to making shorts

Big Disney Fan · Post by **Big Disney Fan** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:06 am

Is this based in any way, shape or form on "Man, Monsters and Mysteries"?

PatrickvD · Post by **PatrickvD** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:36 am

Sotiris wrote:Cover:

I'm late for this one, I just noticed this on amazon.com

It looks great and I hope they're attaching this to Winnie the Pooh as rumored.

Semaj · Post by **Semaj** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:59 am

I'm a little bothered by the lack of activity from Disney's shorts department. Prep & Landing did surprisingly well on its TV debut, but the company seems to be wimping out of giving shorts a theatrical release.

Started with Glago's Guest, which despite already premiering at several film festivals in 2008, didn't show in front of Bolt as planned. Neither did Tick Tock Tale in front of Tangled as once speculated. Now we got one short that has been in development for three years, and a Mickey, Donald, and Goofy short proposed by Eric Goldberg that was rejected when it was stated that no further Mickey shorts would be made.

Why does Disney keep backing out of their promises with making animated shorts? Why is Pixar able to treat audiences with a new short each year but not Disney?

This screwing around needs to stop.

disneyboy20022 · Post by **disneyboy20022** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:46 am

Semaj wrote:
Why does Disney keep backing out of their promises with making animated shorts? Why is Pixar able to treat audiences with a new short each year but not Disney?
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Because they are skitzofrnic starting with or what I call they get jumpy if they see potential money running away so they abandon ship on a project if they here one little coin running away from their piggy bank (no Hamm is not involved) from Narnia to releasing completion of DVD sets (ducktales gargoyles etc)...really Disney needs to take risks again....and grow back it's cannonballs on the Disney Marketing Ship...

Wait WAIT WAIT THIS IS MAKING SENSE...not finishing what they started...IT'S CLEAR TO ME WHO IS SECRETLY BEHIND ALL THIS DISNEY CRAP OF MESSING WITH OUR MINDS IS AND IT'S NONE OTHER THAN

http://jimmyneutron.wikia.com/wiki/Professor_Calamitous

Big Disney Fan · Post by **Big Disney Fan** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:42 am

disneyboy20022 wrote: Because they are skitzofrnic starting with or what I call they get jumpy if they see potential money running away so they abandon ship on a project if they here one little coin running away from their piggy bank (no Hamm is not involved) from Narnia to releasing completion of DVD sets (ducktales gargoyles etc)...really Disney needs to take risks again....and grow back it's cannonballs on the Disney Marketing Ship...

In short, they love money too much. They're too fainthearted to spend so much as a dime. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if, all of a sudden, all money in the world were to end instantaneously and the world would have no money at all...

avonleastories95 · Post by **avonleastories95** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:43 pm

I am just making a point, the dragon in the picture Wondy posted looks EXACTLY like Elliot! Does anyone else see the resemblance?

FigmentJedi · Post by **FigmentJedi** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:18 pm

I remember reading of a Robinsons based short too, though that's probably long been cancelled.

Also, I'm hoping that Warren Spector's lobbying for new Oswald shorts actually gets listened to some day.

Goliath · Post by **Goliath** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:30 pm

Big Disney Fan wrote:In short, they love money too much. They're too fainthearted to spend so much as a dime. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if, all of a sudden, all money in the world were to end instantaneously and the world would have no money at all...

Karl Marx's fantasy finally realized?

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:04 am

Newton, Reher and Wellins Talk Disney and Pixar Shorts
http://www.awn.com/articles/2d/newton-r ... page/1%2C1

Q: I think that plays into your history of shorts, testing people, trying new things, giving individuals the opportunity to be at the helm of a film.

KR: They may not get to be a feature director and we may not be looking to them to become a feature director, but at least we develop a stream of people who want to stretch those muscles. [talking to Dean Wellins] Is that how you guys do it at Disney?

Dean Wellins: We have sort of like a face-off, where you just start punching on each other until only one is standing. [everyone laughs] Ours now seems specifically like it really is your step towards your feature. Mine was very much like you need to do something to learn the 3-D pipeline because your next film is going to be a 3-D film. I had an idea already but I felt I needed to do something that really went through the 3-D process all the way to shot finaling. Mine [my short] was really seen not as an avant-garde piece but mostly to teach me the process.

Q: Was there any thinking that historically, Disney shorts, unlike Pixar shorts, have had fewer inanimate objects as main characters? Doesn’t that seem more like a Pixar thing? Was that ever a consideration?

DW: No. This was just something personal. I just love that sort of thing. For me, I just find when you have something inanimate, it’s going to lead to a lot of pantomime. I just think a lot of creativity comes about when you’re really hamstrung…you have all these parameters. Once we got into it, the clock itself, I figured, “Well, this will be a big challenge trying to get acting out of something that is pretty inanimate.” An example is Charlie Chaplin with no head. He has no facial expression…this is really hard to communicate. It was difficult. Initially, I had these two keyholes in the clock’s face and I thought maybe at least I can use that, make them as little eyes. John was like, “No, I don’t want anything like that. I want it to be just a flat face.”

I went in thinking, “Oh, this will be a really fun challenge” and I came out scratching my head thinking, “Oh my god, this is really hard to get across, the story points, how he’s feeling!”

Q: That’s part of the magic of being in that environment. The last thing I wanted to ask you is what’s next? Is there anything you can talk about?

DW: I am now in the “B” side, as Tick Tock Tale was the “A” side, of my springboard into a feature, which I’m developing right now at Disney.

Q: Is there a timetable on this project?

DW: It looks like it’s going to be 2014-2015, depending upon how things go. So far, so good. We’ve got a writer, we’re busy doing development artwork, we’re excited. John’s excited. I’ve been going on research trips, actually been using a lot of Pixar guys, like Jay Ward.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:01 am

I've found an old article that hadn't been posted here before, saying that there were supposed to be another "How to" short with Goofy, a short featuring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy by Eric Goldberg, and a short featuring a Meet the Robinsons character.

http://progresscityusa.com/future-anima ... n-studios/

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:36 pm

Jim Cummings Exclusive Interview for 'Winnie the Pooh'.
http://collider.com/jim-cummings-interv ... oh/100934/

Q: Are there any characters that you’ve voiced that you loved so much, you wish you could voice them again?

A: Gosh, all of them, really. I really enjoyed Ray [from The Princess and the Frog]. They were 'threatening' to do some Ray shorts for awhile, and I would love that. The whole New Orleans groove is so dear to my heart, anyway.

DisneyAnimation88 · Post by **DisneyAnimation88** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 7:39 pm

Sotiris wrote:I've found an old article that hadn't been posted here before, saying that there were supposed to be another "How to" short with Goofy, a short featuring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy by Eric Goldberg, and a short featuring a Meet the Robinsons character.

Am I imagining things or was there speculation that Iger had said Mickey, Donald, Goofy et al were "off limits" for future shorts as he wanted Lasseter to put them in features like has been done with Winnie the Pooh? If so, is that still the case now?

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:08 pm

DisneyAnimation88 wrote:Am I imagining things or was there speculation that Iger had said Mickey, Donald, Goofy et al were "off limits" for future shorts as he wanted Lasseter to put them in features like has been done with Winnie the Pooh? If so, is that still the case now?

I haven't heard that. I've only heard that Iger told Lasseter to "take a look" at the Pooh and Mickey franchise. Since, that "suggestion" resulted in a new Pooh film, it could be possible that a new Mickey feature is also underway. This makes sense when you add up Burny Mattinson's Mickey feature pitch as well as the fact that Mickey Mouse remains Disney's #1 selling franchise.

DisneyAnimation88 · Post by **DisneyAnimation88** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:19 pm

You're probably right, I can't remember where I read "off limits" but it was probably on another forum or fan blog. Personally, I would love to see Mickey in a feature film again, though I would also like to see Disney using Mickey and other character like Donald, Goofy and Pluto to create shorts that match the quality of those made in the 1930's through to the 1950's. That characters are simply too good to be wasted on pre-school television.

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:13 am

New 'Tangled' short in the works:

Sotiris wrote:Mattel's CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results
http://seekingalpha.com/article/279683- ... transcript

Disney Princess continues to perform very well across all regions, driven by strong sales of dolls, accessories and play sets based on the film Tangled, which released on DVD in several territories during the quarter.

As I mentioned earlier for Disney Princess, our rights extend to most the world now. Tangled sales have been outstanding, and the property continues to perform very well. We're excited that Disney will be releasing an all-new Tangled animated cartoon short in 2012, featuring the wedding of Rapunzel and Flynn, which will firmly establish her in the princess family.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:47 am

Neal wrote:New 'Tangled' short in the works:

We already know that, Neal.

In fact, there was even a press release from Disney Consumer products about the short and Rapunzel's coronation which was posted in the Tangled thread a while ago.

Neal · Post by **Neal** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:13 am

Hm, well since the Tangled thread is posted in so much - I must have missed it, I only just saw the announcement yesterday.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:15 pm

Neal wrote:Hm, well since the Tangled thread is posted in so much - I must have missed it, I only just saw the announcement yesterday.

It's on pages 57-58. Here:

http://www.dvdizzy.com/forum/viewtopic. ... start=1120

http://www.dvdizzy.com/forum/viewtopic. ... start=1140

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